Tional business machines coepoeation



Sept. 20, 1932. w WOOD, JR 1,878,562

RULING ATTACHMENT FOR TIME RECORDERS Filed NOV. 17. 1927 William A. bJood, In. 351 his Elbtom Patented Sept. 2Q, 1932 entree stares htm tft PATENT @FFEQE WILLIAM WOOD, JR.,OF1VIONTBEAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOB TO INTERNA- TIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK RULING ATTACHMENT FOR TIME REOOBDERS Application filed. November 17, 1927, Serial No. 233,949, and in Canada September 15, 1927.

This invention while being applicable to all types of recording machines having like properties is designed particularly for use in workmens time recorders of the dial type in which the time sheet is supported upon a rotary drum or platen, and its area is divided by longitudinal and transverse lines into divisions for the various time periods etc., the purpose of these divisional lines being to facilitate the reading of the sheet after the workmens times have been recorded thereon, the transverse lines dividing the sheet into columns representing the days of the week, if it be a weekly one, and sub-columns representing the various time periods into which each day is divided, and the longitudinal lines providing a longitudinally aligned series of recording spaces opposite the name or symbol of each employee whose time is being recorded.

These lines in the past have been in most instances ruled on the sheets before they have been applied to the recorder and no claim is made to their relative arrangement. The object of the present invention primarily is to provide an attachment forming a component part of a time recorder of the type indicated which will enable the user to rule each sheet after it has been placed in position upon the platen thereby reducing the initial cost of the sheets, and ensuring the precise positioning of the recording divisions relatively to the intermittent travel of the recording mechanism and rotary movement of the drum.

Further objects of the invention are to provide such a means which is constructed and arranged to permit a reasonable range of adjustment which will not in any way interfere with the operation of the recorder, and which is comparatively simple and inexpensive.

To this end my invention consists of the combination construction and particular arrangement of the parts hereinafter described and illustrated and pointed out in the claims.

For full comprehension of the invention reference should be had to the accompanying drawings in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the news. I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the drum or platen'of a weekly time recorder of the dial type showing my new and improved ruling 5 means applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail view. of a modification.v

The drawing illustrates the preferred embodiment of the invention, and is is obvious that various changes in the construction and general arrangement of the parts can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Only those parts of the 35 recorder which are pertinent to the present invention are illustrated, the rotary drum or platen being indicated at 2, the shaft upon which it is horizontally supported at 3, the end frames of the supporting structure at 4, 7i truss rods at 5, the recording mechanism which is constructed and arranged to travel intermittently along the time sheet in a longitudinal direction at 6, and the manually operable lever for rotating the drum and mo ying the carriage into contact therewith at My new and improved ruling means consists of a bar 8 preferably of uniform dimen-l sions throughout which is bent to substan- '80 tially U form, and is hinged at its ends in the end frames as at 9 and 10 respectively with its main length or intermediate ruling portion 8a disposed parallel to the axis of the drum and in close proximity to the periph- 55 ery thereof, the dimensions of the arms'8b of thebar being such that it may be swung upwardly to position A for ruling purposes, in bearing relation with or spaced slightly from the time sheet, and when not in use may be swung downwardly to its horizontal position B against truss rod 5 completely away from the drum. Means is provided for retaining the bar in either of these two positions in the form of a helical overcenter spring 12 one end of which is connected to the truss rod at the opposite side of the machine and the opposite end to one arm of the bar.

The ruling portion 8a is provided with a w straight longitudinal upper edge 80 for facilitating the ruling of the longitudinal lines, and a series of flared openings 8d located in spaced arrangement throughout its length for permitting the insertion of a ruling instrtnnent in the ruling of the transverse divisional lines, the spacing of the openings being arranged in accordance with the intermittent travel of the recording mechanism along the time sheet and consequently ensuring the correct location of the ruled divisional lines relatively to such travel. I

It is thought that the fixed spacing provided by the foregoing construction will prove satisfactory where the bar is provided for a recorder having'a fixed capacity, but for recorders in which the capacity may be varied variations in the spacing maybe taken care of with the adjustable bar shown in Figure 3. In this instance the bar is slotted and graduated and one or more slides 18 mounted therein in such a manner that they may be moved to the desired opened spacing and then secured in place by any preferred means. In utilizing the foregoing attachments the bar is swung upwardly to position A, the longitudinal lines are ruled with any suitable ruling instrument using the straight edge as a guide and the transverse lines are ruled by inserting the ruling instrument through each opening in the bar, and giving the drum 7 a full turn. 7

What is claimed is: r

1. A ruling device'comprising a support, a movable member carried by the support and having means for guiding a marker into cooperation with' a sheet ofpaper adjacent the member, and resilient means comprisinga coil spring connected at one end to the supportand at the other end to the member for yieldably holding the member in a position removed from the sheet of paper and for alternately holding the member in a position adjacent the sheet of paper.

2. A ruling device comprising a support, a ruling member pivoted to the support and movable to an extreme clockwise position to cooperate with a platen carrying a sheet of paper, a stop provided'on the support to engage the member upon movement to an ex treme counterclockwise position away from said platen, and a spring engaging said member for urging said member to either position after it has passed the point midway between said positions.

3. A paper ruling attachment comprising a support which also supports paper carrying mechanism, a ruling member pivoted to said support and movable into and out of a position adjacent the paper on said paper carrying mechanism wherein it acts as a straight edge along which a marker may be moved to rule a line on the paper, said member having guiding means for holding and positioning a marker to rule a lineftransverse to the signature.

" WILLIAM A WOOD, JR. 

